Police said around 10:28 a.m., officers and the Lancaster Fire Department were called to the 400 block of East King Street, where they found an active fire with heavy smoke coming from the building's third floor, police said.

Firefighters extinguished the blaze, and police spoke to several witnesses who were inside the building at the time. Fire marshals with the state police determined the fire was incendiary in nature, police said.

Through witnesses and victim interviews, police said they identified Autry as a suspect. Police said she was a resident of the apartment where the fire originated, and was present when the fire started and was discovered.

No one was injured.

Autry was processed at the police station, and transported to Lancaster County Central Booking, where she is awaiting arraignment.

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